Fare-box.



T. SOWBRBY. FARE BOX.

APPLIOATION FILED 1330.10, 1913.

1,1 15,606. Patented Nov. 3, 1914,

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By M my@ A 7TORNE Y J' Wwf-W"-V g THE NORRIS PETERS Co., PHOID-LITHO., WASHINGTON. D.

UNITED sTATEs PATENTonirica .THOMAS SOWERBY, OF VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.`

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` ToaZZ whom t may] concern:

citizenof the Dominion Vof Canada, residing `at Vancouver, in the Province of British 'Coluinbia, Canada, have Invented certain i conductors to receive either fare tickets or Be it known that I, 4THOMAS SQWERBY, a

new and` useful Improvements in F are- Boxes,- of which the following is a kspeciiicai tion. f

This invention relates to animprovenient in fare boxes of that class used by street car coins, and the improvement is; directed toa provision to indicate whether the fare box has been tampered. with in an endeavor 4to .abstract thegcoins through the slit through which they kwere introduced intol the box. The entering slit ofthese fare boxes is provided with a series of teeth pivotally inount` ed on each side. These teeth are vinterpro- `jected across the width ofl the slit and will yield downward .to permit 1a" farebeing introduced but are designed toexercisea grip thereon and vprevent. withdrawal.

f l/Vith the use of lsuitable appliances, coins f can be abstracted through thef slit and this abstraction is frequently practised.` Myebrt has therefore been to so mount the teeth that` if anyeifortismade :to abstract fares, the teeth will yield backward from the slit and cannot be restored 4until the box has been taken apart which can only be done by a properly authorized person. The means whereby this-result is attained is .particularly set forth in the. following specification, reference being made to Tthe vdrawings by which it is accompanied, wherein-4 Figure 1 is a verticalsection `through the fare box complete. Fig.2is a side elevation and part section of the guard device.

Fig. 3 is a plan of thesame, and Figs. 4, and 5 show in the engaged and disengagedy posi"y ,c

tion the telltale check ofthe pins on which the teeth are mounted which is the particular subject of this application. y

In the drawing 2 represents the fare box proper and 3 the cover of. the saine which is provided with an elongated slit 4 through which the fares are introduced into the box.

lVithin the upper part ofthe box Aiinniediately under the cover 3 is a guard box 5 within which is a provision to be described later, to prevent abstraction ofthe fares, and below this guard box andbetween it and the cash receptacle 10of thek fare box is Specification of Letters Patent.

a viewing` chamber 6' having a bottomffS,

which is, tiltable about its lmiddleion an axis 9y'by `means of a pushbutton 111v which the conductor, can operate byhis thumb" while holding the box by. its handle '12, or while the box is inthe receptacle-provided for itin the vestibule of a pay-as-you-enter car. one or both sides :through .which ka fare,

This viewingchamber has a glass 7 in.

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which has 'been'y dropped into the box,vcanL i be viewed by the conductor before he tilts the bottoni S to deliver it into the cashy re-. ceptacle 10. i

In Lthe upper part of the guard tbox 'and immediately below the cover 3 a series of chisel pointed kteeth 16 are mounted .on a" wire pin 15 on each side of Vtheaperture. 4,

of thecover. The points of these teeth are iiiterprojeeted asshown in- Fig. 3, across'the aperture Lland theteethkare maintained at the proper distance 1 .apart and .supported laterally by frames 1S `andf19,=which are slotted to `receive thek teeth, aframe 18v exif.` i

tendingacross ythe width ofthe guard box at the top on each `side of the slit 4c, and those 19 extending "down the depth of the box in alineinent lwith the `aperture 4- on leach side.

The kslots the points of the teetlrand check them at a `in the supporting frames 19t also servel to limit the upward movement of slight downward retaining angle, see Fig. 1.

The teethv 16 are .held lightly againstthe limiting checlrof they memberl by light springs 28 acting'` through the intervention of leyers 25, one .for each tooth, the ends of which leversy bear on the undersides ofthe teethclose to their pivot `pins 15.

The constructionas described so far is .practically 7; theysaine .as existing .fare boxes, but the ends of the pins 15,- instead of being secured in the sides of the guard box 5, as is "the present customv in fareboxes of this class, are supported in `elongated apertures 2O in theusides of guard-box 5.v

The pins 15'y are lnormally retained at 'the inner .limit of theirinovement, see Fig. 4, by

the cnds'of a spring 21 secured at 30 to the y sides ofthe box 5 at each end of each pin 15.

The ends of the springs 21 are bent to engage and hold the ends ofthe pins 15 in their inteiprojected position, ybut if. force be ap` plied to move the pins outward from one another, theends of the springs will yield to .allow the pins to pass but will spring together again, as shown in Fig. 5', to retain the pins 15 at the outer limit of their movement in which position the teeth 16 are inoperative. y

The pins 15 bear against the underside of the horizontally disposed support frames 18 so that the pins are well supported throughout their length against any bending tendency upward, while they are free to move backward if such undue pressure is imposed upon them as will overcome the hold exerted ontheir endsby the ends of the springs 21. dNitha fare box so constructed, although it does not prevent the abstraction of fares through the entrance slit, if any attempt is `made yto withdraw a fare therefrom, the

teeth are moved bach in the manner de# scribed and are rendered inoperative, and the fact that the attempt has been made is palpably evidenced when the box is handed into the oiiice at the conclusion of the conductors shift of service, as the pins 15, when they have been sprung beyond the ends of the spring 21, cannot be restored until the fare box is taken apart.

When a fare box is provided with the tell-HK tale.devicehereinbefore described, it may be simplified in its construction otherwise:A In existing fare boxes the teeth 16 being an insufiicient safeguard against abstraction of fares have various supplementary provisions to further prevent such, which supplementary devices are entirely dispensed with in the fare box, which is the subject of this application. y

No claim for novelty is made on the retaining teeth 16, or on the generalv means for mounting the same, or for holding them upY to their work, as such are known to be in commonv use, 'but f I claim as new and desire the protection of Letters Patent in the following features:

1. In a fare box having an entranced aperture, Va series of teeth arranged on each side below the entrance aperture to prevent withdrawal of a fare when once inserted, lof means coperative with the teeth for rendering the same inoperative for their designed object when attempt is made to forcibly abstract a fare.

In a fare box having an entranced aperture, a series of teeth arranged on each side below the entrance aperture to prevent withdrawal of a fare when once inserted, of means eoperative with the teeth for spreading apart the pivot pins on which they are mounted when pressure is applied to abstract a fare from the box, and means checking the restoration of the pins to their normal position.

In' aV fare'box having an entranced aperture, a series ofteeth arranged on each side below the entrance aperture and designed to prevent withdrawal of a fare when once inserted saidzteeth being loosely mounted on of the pins at the inner limit of the apertures means for supporting the ends of said pins said means comprising side plates having elongated apertures for the reception of the ends of the pins which pins project through the aperture, and means for holding the ends of the pins at the inner limit of the apertures and for preventing the return to such posi- .tion when once they have been moved to the other end ofthe apertures.

, -l. In a fare box having an entranced aper` ture, a series of'teeth arranged loosely on a common pin on each side below the entrance aperture to prevent withdrawal of a fare whenvonce inserted,a guard frame within whicht'hese teeth are carried said frame having lside plates with elongated apertures in which theends of the pins are mounted, and-la spring secured to each side plate the ends ofwhich spring are bent to retain the ends of lthe pins vagainst theinner ends of Vthe elongated apertures the ends of said spring being such as will engage and prevent return of the pins to the inner end when they have once been moved to the outer end.

In testimony whereof I aHiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

4 THOMAS SOIVERBY.

l/Vitnesses RowLAND BRITTAIN, MAY VHYTE.

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` Washington, D. C.`

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